[asterisk-biz] Digium, Polycom, and Netxusa Cutting Us Out?!?

[Ignacio Ramos]

On 3/28/07, Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
> I hate things like this.  Why would they want to cut out the
> VAR/Reseller/Consultant?
>
> I had to jump through hoops to be setup as a client of NetxUSA several
> years ago so I could get wholesale pricing so I could make a buck or two
> off hardware and a few more bucks off setting up that hardware.  Now
> those dollars will not come my way.  I don't know if I can stomach the
> way this is starting to go.  This line really gets me, "With regional
> distribution offices and in-house certified engineers, NETXUSA assists
> business customers with the entire Digium-Polycom implementation."  I
> thought that was my job!


How come you didn't see this coming, everything in technology ends up
being a commodity. Your business plan and strategy is like putting
regional distribution and certified engineers in the .com bubble. Voip
is a bubble only if there are business plans like yours. Didn't you
learned anything in the Youtube business?



>I certainly do not blame Polycom, but this is
> a real slap in the face move by Digium.
>
> Anyways...  Let me digest this a little more.  Posting in anger is stupid.
>
> http://www.asteriskvoipnews.com/polycom/digium_and_polycom_release_more_details_on_thier_partnership_program.html
>
> "The /*BuyNOW*/ feature, within AsteriskNOW's Digium-designed GUI,
> greatly simplifies the phone purchasing process by immediately
> connecting users to NETXUSA <http://www.netxusa.com/>, a recognized
> leading distributor of Voice over Internet Protocol (*VoIP*) products
> and services. With regional distribution offices and in-house certified
> engineers, NETXUSA assists business customers with the entire
> Digium-Polycom implementation."
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
> www.asteriskhelpdesk.com
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